Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiations.

Laser acts as a trigger for the rearrangement of cellular metabolism ….such as changes in the c AMP levels.

ADVANTAGES

RADIATION IS PAINLESS –BENEFICIAL FOR CHILDREN.

IT IS CARRIED OUT IN STERILE CONDITIONS

RADIATION DOES NOT LEAVE ANY MICRO TRAUMA IN THE TISSUE.

INDICATIONS  .

VERY USEFUL IN CASES OF FUNCTIONAL CONTRACTURES OF TENDONS, PARTICULARLY THE ACHILLES TENDON.

TISSUE INURY .

ARTHRITIS --- OA AND RA.

POST HERPETIC NEURALGIAS .

DIABETIC NEUROPATHY .

NEURALGIAS OF UNEXPLAINED ORIGIN.

CARPELL TUNNEL SYNDROME .

PAINFUL KELOIDAL SCAR .

VARICOSE ULCERS FOR GRANULATION .

NON HEALING ULCER .

PAIN RELIEF FROM LONG STANDING TRAUMAS.

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIAS .

FIBROMYALGIAS .

MYOFASCIITIS .

PARALYSIS FOLLOWING STROKES.

ALLERGIC RHINITIS .

NASAL TURBINATE SWELLING.

HEARING IMPAIRED IN CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS .

STUTTERING IN CHILDREN.

APHASIA IN CHILDREN .

DYSLEXIAS .

HIVES- PAPULAR URTICARIAS OF ALL AGES.

ALOPECIA AREATA.

WOUND HEALING.

ENURESIS.

CEREBRAL PALSY.

PARALYSIS -DUE TO SPINAL CORD INJURY. (ESPECIALLY FOR LEG SPASMS).

SCAR TISSUE.

SEROTININ RELEASE.

SPORTS INJURIES .

IMMUNOSTIMULATION EFFECT.

BETA ENDORPHIN RELEASE IN DEPRESSED PATIENTS .

BURNS .

ANTI OEDEMATOUS EFFECT.

LASER CAN ALTER NEURONAL FUNCTION TO THE POINT OF GENERATING ACTION POTENTIALS AND EVEN SUPPRESSING CLONUS.

ANALGESIA IS KNOWN BY MEASURING 5 HIAA IN URINE.

LASER IS KNOWN TO CHAGE COLLAGEN PRODUCTION, PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS,AND LEUCOCYTE FUNCTION –HENCE ALTER THE COURSE OF IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASE LIKE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, IN PARTICULAR, IMPROVEMENT IN PAIN,  RANGE OF MOTION , TENDERNESS, AND JOINT CIRCUMFERENCE.

OBSERVATION BY OPTIC AND ELCTRON MICROSCOPY SHOWED AN INCREASE OF COLLGEN FIBRES ALONG WITH THE CHANGES IN THE ENZYMES AND HORMONAL PROCESSES WITH ACTIVATION OF VASCULARISATION. A CLEAR ANTI INFLAMMATORY EFFECT.

LOW POWER LASER RADIATION IS PROPOSED AS AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT, FOR CHRONIC ULCERS, SINUSITIS, POST TRAUMATIC PAIN, AND DELAY IN OSSIFICATION WHICH ALL HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT.

EFFECTS .

1 ANALGESIC.

2 ANTI INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIOEDEMATOUS.

3 BIOSTIMULATORY EFFECTS --TISSUE HEALING.

4 IMMUNOSTIMULANT .

THE APPLICATION OF MODERN ACUPUNCTURE AND LASER THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.

CLASSIFICATION ON MOTOR DEFICIT

1 SPASTIC SYNDROMES .

2 QUADRIPLEGIA .

3 DIPLEGIA .

4 HEMIPLEGIA .

5 PARAPLEGIA .

6 MONOPLEGIA.

7 TRIPLEGIA .

8 ATHETOID AND DYSKINETIC SYNDROMES.

9 ATAXIC SYNDROMES .

10 HYPOTONIC FORMS .

11 MIXED FORMS   MOST OFTEN SPASTICITY AND ATHETOSIS. LESS OFTEN ATAXIA AND ATHETOSIS.

METHODS .

MASSAGE.

NEEDLING .

ELECTRO STIMULATION

LASER THERAPY .

IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT AFTER OBTAINING COMPLETE REDUCTION OF THE MUSCLE SPASMS, PREVENTIVE THERAPY SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.